10 M&A deals that upended industries and defined the decade

Some deals have grown weighty in retrospect, like Facebook's acquisition of Instagram for a mere $1 billion. Amazon's $13.7 billion Whole Foods buy sent long-lasting tremors through corporate boardrooms.

December 30, 2019   |   View Online »

10 M&A deals that upended industries and defined the decade Alex Morrell | Some deals have grown weighty in retrospect, like Facebook's acquisition of Instagram for a mere $1 billion. Amazon's $13.7 billion Whole Foods buy sent long-lasting tremors through corporate boardrooms. Read More »

Fidelity's enterprise-cloud-computing group has been hit by job cuts following a leadership shuffle Rebecca Ungarino | Two senior enterprise-cloud-computing leaders, the unit's former head and the head of enterprise-cloud-computing architecture, exited this year. Read More »

The SEC's patience is running thin with an accounting measure that WeWork, Peloton, and Uber are fond of Michael Rapoport | A senior SEC accountant warned that companies should rethink using complex measures that paint a rosy picture if they're difficult to explain to investors. Read More »

UBS is deploying 200 'hybrid pods' to tackle tech projects across its investment bank — and that means fewer project managers Dan DeFrancesco | Beatriz Martin, UBS Investment Bank's COO, told Business Insider why the bank spent 2019 changing the way it organizes teams. Read More »

These 12 real-estate tech startups are transforming the financials of homeownership Alex Nicoll | Startups like Hometap, Flyhomes, and EasyKnock straddle the line between proptech and fintech and are attracting millions in venture backing. Read More »

A Michigan couple who paid off their $200,000 mortgage in 4 years shares the exact budget sheet they used, and it accounts for every dollar of their monthly income Libertina Brandt | The couple created a "zero-based budget," meaning every dollar of their monthly income was assigned a purpose. Read More »

These 7 programming skills can increase your salary by thousands, according to the mega-popular developer hub Stack Overflow Rosalie Chan | Stack Overflow identified seven tech skills that increase developers' salaries the most, according to its annual developer survey. Read More »

Here's what's ahead for Microsoft in 2020, according to experts: Taking 'significant' cloud market share from Amazon and becoming a bigger hardware player Ashley Stewart | We asked analysts what's ahead for Microsoft in 2020 – and they predict the company's momentum will help it make gains in the cloud and beyond. Read More »

How to use a simple time-management trick invented by President Eisenhower to become more productive and less stressed at work Shana Lebowitz,Weng Cheong | The "Eisenhower Matrix" says you'll be most effective if you schedule your day according to what's important but not urgent. Read More »

These are the 8 hedge fund managers to watch in 2020 as investors pull billions from the industry Bradley Saacks | Macro managers like Brevan Howard will be in the spotlight thanks to a tricky geopolitical puzzle and the closure of long-time macro player Louis Bacon's Moore Capital. Read More »

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